I have had success with Gizmo video on numerous calls. I have a chat friend in Nova Scotia (I'm in New Mexico) who has an N800 and we video chat several times a week... No run... No drips... No errors. I might mention I too have an N800. The video quality to me is very good compared to GTalk.
Tex... enjoy your trip. And if you feel so inclined, give me a call on Gizmo at studio37... I would suggest Skype but it seems to be FUBAR'd on 2008OS and the N800.
I was going to make bumper stickers once for "DAMM!"... "Drunks Against Meddling Mothers".... but changed my mind. I thought getting death threats from some irate Mother wouldn't be a good thing.